Dr. Saad Arif is an experienced professional with 17 years of cutting-edge teaching and research experience in distinguished institutions. During his teaching career, he has designed and taught numerous industry-relevant courses and laboratory work at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has supervised several award-winning industrial projects and co-supervised funded research works in collaboration with multinational organizations. He has led various administrative responsibilities with initiatives for the effective learning of students. During his industrial career, he gained hands-on experience in robotics development with various industrial and research mobile manipulators, and grasping robots. He has co-authored research publications in international Q1, Q2 journals and peer-reviewed conference proceedings with presentation awards. He is an invited reviewer for numerous world-leading high-impact journals and performs organizing roles in international conferences. He is always passionate to enhance his technical skills and research capabilities in the field of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering in association with prestigious institutes around the world.
King Faisal University
Al Hufūf, Ash Sharqīyah, Saudi Arabia
College of Engineering
Senior Member IEEE Robotics & Automation Society (RAS)
IEEE, Piscataway, USA
Senior Member IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBS)
IEEE, Piscataway, USA
Senior Member IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CAS)
IEEE, Piscataway, USA
Registered Engineer
Pakistan Engineering Council, Islamabad, Pakistan
Professional Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
ACM, New York, USA
Assistant Professor
College of Engineering, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
01 Mar 2024 - present
Assistant Professor
HITEC University Taxila, Pakistan
01 Feb 2011 - 01 Feb 2024
Project Engineer/Manager
Shanghai Gaitech Scientific Instruments Co. Ltd., Shanghai, China (Gaitech Robotics)
01 Mar 2017 - 01 Feb 2018